Resonating valence bond wave functions for strongly frustrated spin systems

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作者
Capriotti, L [1 ]
Becca, F
Parola, A
Sorella, S
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, Unita Firenze, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[2] Univ Lausanne, Inst Phys Theor, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Univ Insubria, Ist Nazl Fis Mat, I-22100 Como, Italy
[4] Univ Insubria, Dipartimento Sci, I-22100 Como, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
[6] SISSA, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.097201
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 [物理学];
摘要
The resonating-valence-bond (RVB) theory for two-dimensional quantum antiferromagnets is shown to be the correct paradigm for large enough "quantum frustration." This scenario, proposed a long time ago but never confirmed by rnicroscopic calculations, is strongly supported by a new type of variational wave function, which is extremely close to the exact ground state of the J(1) - J(2) Heisenberg model for 0.4 less than or similar to J(2)/J(1) less than or similar to 0.5. This wave function is proposed to represent the generic spin-half RVB ground state in spin liquids.
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页码:972011 / 972014
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